Tag: Jan Kadar

The Czech New Wave: Jan Kadar, Part 1

The Czech New Wave: Jan Kadar, Part 1

May 15, 2012 | By

Still on vacation, but here are reviews of two films by Czech New Wave maestro Jan Kadar: Adrift / Desire Called Anada / Touha zvaná Anada (197!1), and The Shop on Main Street / Obchod na korze (1965).

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DVD: Shop on Main Street, The / Obchod na korze (1965)

DVD: Shop on Main Street, The / Obchod na korze (1965)

May 15, 2012 | By

Return to: Home / Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews / S . Film: Excellent/ DVD Transfer: Excellent/ DVD Extras: Standard Label: Criterion/ Region: 1 (NTSC) / Released: Septemer 18, 2001 Genre: Drama / War / Czech New Wave Synopsis: A carpenter in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia is appointed Aryan manager of a Jewish button shop, but is unable to wrestle […]

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Film: Adrift / Desire Called Anada / Touha zvaná Anada (1971)

Film: Adrift / Desire Called Anada / Touha zvaná Anada (1971)

May 15, 2012 | By

Return to: Home / Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews / A . Film: Excellent/ DVD Transfer:  n/a / DVD Extras: n/a Label: n/a/ Region: 1n/a / Released: n/a Genre: Drama / Suspense Synopsis:  A fisherman begins to fall for the mysterious young woman he rescued from drowning, while his wife seems to develop her own feelings for the couple’s […]

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Jan Kadar does CanCon – Lies My Father Told Me (1975)

Jan Kadar does CanCon – Lies My Father Told Me (1975)

January 15, 2012 | By

Review of Ergo Media’s new DVD of Lies My Father Told Me(1975), Jan Kadar’s film version of Ted Allan’s semi-autobiographical tale of 1920s Jewish Montreal.

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Jan Kadar does CanCon – Lies My Father Told Me (1975)

Jan Kadar does CanCon – Lies My Father Told Me (1975)

January 15, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

Review of Ergo Media’s new DVD of Lies My Father Told Me(1975), Jan Kadar’s film version of Ted Allan’s semi-autobiographical tale of 1920s Jewish Montreal.

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